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India will become the world’s most populous country in 2023 | The Economist

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With China now suffering from a demographic slump, the UN guesses that India’s population will surpass it in April

The World Ahead | The World Ahead 2023 India will become the world’s most populous country in 2023 China is now suffering from a demographic slump Share Nov 14th 2022 | 4 min read By Brooke Unger: Senior digital editor, The Economist C HINA HAS been the world’s most populous country for hundreds of years. In 1750 it had an estimated 225m people, more than a quarter of the world’s total. India, not then a politically unified country, had roughly 200m, which ranked it second. In 2023 it will seize the crown. The UN guesses that India’s population will surpass that of China on April 14th. India’s

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